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A Prelude to Winter Deep Sky Objects
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RE: A Prelude to Winter Deep Sky Objects
September 20, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Swarovski sells roses sometimes made of crystal, all glittering and multi-hued, but I think I prefer yours.
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RE: A Prelude to Winter Deep Sky Objects
September 20, 2011 at 11:35 pm (This post was last modified: September 20, 2011 at 11:39 pm by orogenicman.)
(September 20, 2011 at 2:22 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: Swarovski sells roses sometimes made of crystal, all glittering and multi-hued, but I think I prefer yours.

Angel Cloud

Thanks.

Folks, get ready. Although the weather kinda sucks here now, I just came back from the LAS monthly meeting, where I was given the opportunity to borrow the society's solar telescope. I just got it mounted onto my telescope (I was very happy to see that it bolted right up with no problems), and hope to take some high resolution images and time lapsed video of various solar phenomenon (such as prominances, sunspots, flares, etc). Now all I need is clear skies! Wish me luck.

Here is an example of the kind of images this scope can take:

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I can't guarantee that mine will turn out this well (the guy who took this one - Larry Alverez - is considered a god of sorts in solar photography circles), but I'm going to give it my best shot.
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RE: A Prelude to Winter Deep Sky Objects
February 14, 2013 at 3:29 pm
Boom. Necroposting, because Oro is awesome, deserves a bump and this is the best kind of rose for Valentine's Day.
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RE: A Prelude to Winter Deep Sky Objects
February 15, 2013 at 6:27 am
Thanks, Summer. Here is one I took Monday night:

Messier 97, The Owl Nebula, in Ursa Major:

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Taken On February 11, 2013 at the Louisville Astronomical Society James Baker Observatory
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-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens

"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".

- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "

- Dr. Donald Prothero
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NGC 2683, In the Constellation Lynx
February 16, 2013 at 10:52 am
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NGC 2683 is a spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on February 5, 1788. It was nicknamed the "UFO Galaxy" by the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory. It is viewed nearly edge-on from Earth's location in space and is located between 16 to 25 million light-years away. It is receding from Earth at 410 km/s (250 mi/s), and from the Galactic Center at 375 km/s (233 mi/s). Note the many faint fuzzies in the image, all of which are distant galaxies.

Image:

12x300 sec = 60 minutes at ISO 800

Stacked in DeepSky Stacker. Processed in Adobe Photoshop CS3.

Equipment:

Modified Konus 200mm f5 Newtonian

Hutech Modified Canon T1i with Baader MPCC coma corrector and Baader UV/IR cut filter

Orion 80 mm f5 Shorty Guide Scope with Orion Star Shooter Autoguider

Losmandy G-11 Gemini Version 1.04 GEM

Losmandy Heavy Duty Tripod.

Image aquisition on February 11, 2013 at the Louiville Astronomical Society James Baker Observatory, Curby, Indiana

Enjoy,
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens

"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".

- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "

- Dr. Donald Prothero
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RE: A Prelude to Winter Deep Sky Objects
February 18, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Thanks, summerqueen.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens

"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".

- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "

- Dr. Donald Prothero
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RE: A Prelude to Winter Deep Sky Objects
February 18, 2013 at 10:30 pm
Well, David and I enjoy the pictures, anyway. Big Grin
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